Awards

MAX Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
6000€

Portuguese Authors Society Portuguese Competition Jury Award
2000€

School Award
ETIC Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
1500€ (in technical services)

TVCine Channels New Talent Award
Award for Best First Feature-Length Film (over 60’) from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospectives
3000€ (includes the acquisition of the television rights for Portugal)

Eligible films
. L’Ancre / The Anchor (CI/IC)
. Estou Aqui / I Am Here (CP/PC)
. Fogo do Vento / Fire of Wind (CP/PC)
. O Palácio de Cidadãos / The Palace of Citizens (CP/PC)
. Ricardo Aleixo: Afro-Atlântico / Ricardo Aleixo: Afro-Atlantic (HB)
. Tatova Kolyskova / Dad’s Lullaby (TL/EM)
. Vino la noche / Night Has Come (TL/EM)
. Vivi Nascosto Guido Guidi / Guido Guidi Lives in Hiding (HB)

Healthy Workplaces Film Award
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Award for Best Feature-Length Film Dealing with Work from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospectives
5000€

Eligible films
. Aala Marma Hajar / A Stone’s Throw (R/NV)
. Avant qu’il ne soit trop tard / Before It’s Too Late (HB)
. Boolean Vivarium (R/NV)
. Estou Aqui / I Am Here (CP/PC)
. Favoriten (TL/EM)
. Filmstunde_23 / Subject: Filmmaking (TL/EM)
. Ilgwa Nal / Works and Days (TL/EM)
. Pirópolis / Piropolis (TL/EM)
. Sidney (VA/GY)
. Sous le feu / Under Fire (VA/GY)

INATEL Foundation Award
Award for Best Film Dealing with Cultural and Traditional Practices as well as Intangible Cultural Heritage from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospectives
1500€

Eligible films
. O Diabo do Entrudo / The Shrovetide Devil (HB)
. Muyurina – Itzuli Mitzuli (VA)
. A Queda do Céu / The Falling Sky (TL/EM)
. O Voo do Crocodilo – O Timor de Ruy Cinatti / The Flight of The Crocodile – Ruy Cinatti’s Timor (HB)
. Vozes das Margens / Voices from the Margins (TL/EM)

TVCine Channels Award for Best Green Years Competition Film
500€

Pedro Fortes Award for Best Green Years Portuguese Film
Participation grant for Doc’s Kingdom – International Seminar on Documentary Film

Award for Best Short Film (up to 40’) from the Green Years Competition
The winner will be pre-nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Doclisboa – International Film Festival was selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to pre-nominate candidates to the Oscars®, thus becoming the only Portuguese festival to take part in the network of Academy-qualified festivals.

Legal Partners Rights and Freedoms Award
Award for Best Film Dealing with Human Rights from a selection comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospectives
1500€

Eligible films
. Aala Marma Hajar / A Stone’s Throw (R/NV)
. Ilgwa Nal / Works and Days (TL/EM)
. The Landscape and the Fury (TL/EM)
. Mitahat le Shemesh Khula / Under a Blue Sun (TL/EM)
. Les mots qu’elles eurent un jour / The Words Women Spoke One Day (TL/EM)
. As Noites ainda cheiram a Pólvora / The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder (CP/PC)
. Por ti, Portugal, eu juro! / For You, Portugal, I Swear (TL/EM)
. A Queda do Céu / The Falling Sky (TL/EM)
. Tatova Kolyskova / Dad’s Lullaby (TL/EM)
. Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) (CI/IC)
. Vino la noche / Night Has Come (TL/EM)
. Voices of the Silenced (TL/EM)
. W zawieszeniu / In Limbo (DA)

Doclisboa Award
Award for Best Portuguese Film comprising all sections with the exception of the retrospectives and competitions
1000€